Special constable rides to cross out cancer

Special constable rides to cross out cancer

Graham Paine, Oakville Beaver

The Oakville Blades held the annual Pink in the Rink Night fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society Friday night. Kim Kelly, who plans to cycle from Halton to Prince Edward Island this June in her Ride to Cross Out Cancer tour , was recognized at centre ice prior to the start of the game.

We all know someone affected by cancer, but Kim Kelly is tired of hearing how yet another person she knows is fighting the disease.

So, the special constable with the Halton Regional Police is taking action — she will ride from Halton to Charlottetown, PEI, starting June 2.

Sending meals or talking with friends who are battling the disease didn’t seem like enough.

“I just had to do something more,” the 50-year-old Kelly, who has two daughters aged 16 and 23, told the Oakville Beaver.

"If everyone works together, one day we'll all be talking about the day we did cross out cancer."

Kim Kelly

“I really want to make a difference.”

Kelly will use her cycling trek to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) and the research it does, as well as the support services it provides for those living with cancer and their families.

She is calling her trek the Ride to Cross Out Cancer and officially kicked off her fundraising campaign by dropping the puck at the Ontario Junior A Hockey League’s Oakville Blades Pink in the Rink at Sixteen Mile Creek arena Friday.